My first bodge.
However, this bodge is for my Ural.
One of the many trinkets I hoped to acquire/make for my Ural in order to trip prep it for 2009, was a barcket of sorts for my folding trenching tool, to dig us out of treacherous bogs!
So I set to work with 5mm x 30mm steel flat bar, cutting gringing and measuring. My tools were a vice, a 4lb mallet (finesse is everything), an aglegrinder, drill and a couple of small files. Welding of the 4 constituent parts as well as hasp and hinges was done at a bike shop. And here it is with and without the trenching tool, and also displaying my bolt holes.
Not quite as symmetrical as I'd have likely but serviceable and I am happy with the final result.
Only disapointment is that, despite fine advice in another thread, I spent two days applying 3 coats of primer and 4 of paint, and its already chipped!! I only have to breath on it as flakes fly. Bastids... 
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Baltic Safehouse, 10 mins from the Tallinn ferry terminal.
1993 TA600, Wheels (front and back), Brakes (50% warped), Engine, Seat, some lights, Smelly and noisy tube at the back, other assorted metal bits, dubious sense of direction.
2007 Ural 2WD, Wheels (front and back and side), Brakes, Relic (Engine), Seats from farmyard machinery, lots of lights, Smelly and noisy tubes at the back that catch everything, other assorted home made metal bits, insatiable rust and petrol addiction.
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09-07-08, 03:18 PM
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